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9/30 International relations

    In today's lesson, we paired up with classmates that we usually don't pair up with and formed a small group. We had 5 minutes of getting to know the other person and were asked if we could trust each other. Our group of 4 came to the conclusion that cooperating together and gaining 1 point was the best option. The reason I thought cooperating together would be the best is that everyone benefits from doing so.

 Moreover, the guilt of receiving more points than others would outweigh the results. Other people in my group had a similar mindset and said that the number of people satisfied with the results will increase if we cooperate together. For the following discussion, all four of us had the same opinion that we wouldn't need the position of a boss. This is because the boss gets a higher advantage than others if they do not participate in the work. We didn't have any betrayers, since we all knew each other pretty well, making it harder to think otherwise.  However, opinions may change if the benefits and prizes were different.

International relations is about predicting the behaviors of other countries and realizing the commonalities. Other groups had betrayers, which made me realize that I should be more cautious. Although, trust is important in order to cooperate with others, being conscious of the risks and possibilities is also crucial. 


notes:

capitalism: money creates the power - fascism 

socialism 

communism - dictatorship

theories that come up in international relations, 


cooperate together and gain 1 point as a group.  everyone benefits and no one can blame each other.  wouldn't feel good if I was the one person who didn't do anything and got bonus points. 

one person becomes boss and three workers. if the boss is good at handling and taking care of all three, giving advice would be fair. and if salaries go up for the workers I think it would be beneficial. But if the boss has nothing to do with the group of people and is useless, working together and cooperating would be a better option. The most important thing is who benefits, and there the advantages are fair and equal. 

international relations is about predicting behaviors of countries, all about trust and working our a system/ theory. 

commonalities of each country, which countries are more likely to do certain things. 

lessons for next lessons, to help predict people behaviors,  

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